In this film, Caesar is extremely lonely. He grew up in a human family, accepted the intellectual achievements and ideological framework of human beings, and had the most initial trust and love for human beings. Compared with other apes, he has an extraordinary brain and a concept of behavior that most apes cannot understand and agree with. In our view as bystanders, Caesar is a truly outstanding leader. He is not only superior in physical strength and intelligence, but also transcends the survival instinct of lower animals. Everything starts from how to continue the race and preserve the height and value of the most interests. After careful consideration, in addition to love and trust, he also has forbearance and tolerance in his heart. His overall behavior pattern basically continues human.
In order to avoid slaughter and war, he made concessions on the surface, but in fact he had a bottom line, that is, "I won't imprison people if people don't offend me. If people offend me, I will give color to them", and "Ape will not kill ape" . But unfortunately, he is a pioneer and a lone ranger. His forbearance and consideration of the overall situation are regarded as weak. Koba is also using this to rebel, and won the support of most of the orangutans in the early stage of the coup. In addition to being out of fear, the "wall grass" behavior of the other orangutans undoubtedly proves that other orangutans are just animals. They don't know the meaning of their existence, let alone the concept of the whole ethnic group, they are just tools to be used and instigated.
Caesar's son is the representative of the neutral. In the early days when he saw his father's "concession" to mankind everywhere, he couldn't understand it, and even resented his father, believing that his father put the entire ethnic group under threat. At a time when the situation was unclear, this doubt represented the voice of most apes. In the later period, as Koba's ugly face gradually became clear, Caesar's son began to shake and think. When he encountered the human who came back to get the medicine box, he still put down the gun in his hand after struggling. Tears welled up in his eyes when he finally reunited with his father and told him how Koba killed Hui Hui and imprisoned other apes. It is this point that allows the audience to see another hope for the future ape tribe. He has a neutral stance and a prudent attitude towards human beings, and has inherited Caesar's outstanding talents. He has the same warmth and love as Caesar in his heart. He is hope.
Koba's hatred is also understandable. The experience of being bullied and hurt burned a raging fire in his heart. He was driven by hatred. He couldn't see that there are individual differences between humans, and he couldn't see the kindness of humans to apes. In the end, even apes The love between them is also completely abandoned. He brutally murdered Hui Hui, and fell to the ground after the steel bar overwhelmed his comrade. The original heart of revenge has gradually become addicted to power, cruel and cold-blooded. He hated humans, but he inherited them completely from humans. He did not change until his death, and at the last moment prayed to Caesar, "Apes do not kill apes". This is a great irony. With lust for profit, hatred exploded, in this accident, he was not a victim. It is even more profound for apes to kill people with guns made by humans.
I have boldly imagined that if there is no insistent revenge from Koba, when the group of kind-hearted human beings complete their mission of generating electricity and return to human society as agreed, whether the two parties can return to the state of well water and river water. But obviously, this kind of thinking is too ideal, not to mention apes and humans, with the shortage of resources and the narrow space, even humans themselves have conflicts and killings from time to time. I don't know if this is due to nature or the inevitable direction of human evolution. I think that if we do not wantonly snatch and squeeze the living space of other species with respect and love for this world, their today may be our future.
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